• Arctic coasts in transition

    Permafrost
    Arctic coasts are characterized by sea ice, permafrost and ground ice. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which is already accelerating rapid coastal

  • Researchers measure record erosion on Alaskan riverbank

    Permafrost
    According to estimates, Alaska's thawing permafrost soils cost the USA several 100 million dollars every decade – primarily because airports, roads, pipelines and settlements require relocation

  • Why rivers in the far north are turning orange

    interview with the Financial Times: The brightly coloured waterways in the Arctic are a sign that permafrost is thawing, with potentially hazardous consequences.

  • Arctic Pulse

    observations 2) Permafrost, snow dynamics, and coastal processes Monitor snow distribution, melt timing, and surface hydrology across tundra and coastal environments Quantify permafrost thaw, terrain subsidence [...] ed by airborne surveys using AWI’s Polar 5 and Polar 6 aircraft to observe sea-ice conditions, permafrost disturbances and greenhouse gas fluxes (REVISIT flight campaign). These efforts are combined with [...] Arctic are among the areas experiencing the fastest climate-driven changes worldwide. Thawing permafrost, accelerating coastal erosion, retreating glaciers, and increasing discharge from the Mackenzie

  • When the Arctic coast retreats, life in the shallow water areas drastically changes

    Coastal erosion in the Arctic
    The thawing and erosion of Arctic permafrost coasts has dramatically increased in the past years and the sea is now consuming more than 20 meters of land per year at some

  • Great potential for comprehensive monitoring of the water masses in the ocean

    climbing temperatures. In addition, the rivers are carrying large amounts of sediment from thawing permafrost. How the Arctic Ocean will react to such changes is a very big question, which is concerning scientists

  • New method for gauging methane release from Arctic lakes

    Permafrost
    Lakes in the northernmost latitudes are widely considered to be a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane. In order to improve currently available climate-change projection models

  • German Arctic Office to act as consultant to politics and industry

    in the Arctic are no longer just the domain of scientists. The shrinking sea ice and collapsing permafrost coasts are now also becoming topics on the agenda of international politics and industry. To be

  • European Research Council (ERC) funds Potsdam AWI researcher

    emissions of the greenhouse gases methane and nitrogen so high outside the vegetation periods in permafrost regions? How do the carbon and nitrogen cycles and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions differ

  • Underestimated Heat Storage

    quantity of heat stored on land, showing the distribution of land heat among the continental ground, permafrost soils, and inland water bodies. The calculations, published in Earth System Dynamics , show that